Newsletter 218 27.02.15.pub - Archdeacon Cambridge`s Church of
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Newsletter 218 27.02.15.pub - Archdeacon Cambridge`s Church of
School Newsletter 218 27th February 2015 Archdeacon Cambridge’s Church of England Primary School The Green, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 5TU Tel: 020 8894 4777, www.archdeaconcambridges.richmond. sch.uk “Challenge, inspiration, success and a love of learning in a happy, caring, Christian environment.” D ear Parents and Carers, We were pleased to welcome parents to our Internet Safety Talk led by Peter Cowley, Richmond’s Computing and ESafety Advisor, before half term. Mr Cowley’s engaging presentation provided a helpful insight into how parents can ensure children’s use of the internet remains age appropriate and that children are aware of the risks of posting personal information online. Mr Cowley also presented internet safety information in class during the day to the Year 6 children and to all staff at their weekly staff meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone in school next week for Parent Teacher Pupil Progress Meetings. A reminder that parents should go to the Large Hall on arrival to register. would encourage every parent to find time before their meetings with class teachers to look at the exercise books available in the Hall. Time spent looking through a book is very worthwhile as it provides a clear picture of a child’s achievement and progress since last September. I would also ask that parents complete the questionnaire in their child’s tray. Janet Foster Headteacher Forthcoming Dates for the Diary: 2nd –6th March School Attendance and Punctuality Week Mon 2nd March Tues 3rd March Weds 4th March Thurs 5th March Fri 6th March Sat 7th March Weds 11th March Thurs 12th March Fri 13th March Sat 14th March Piano Concert (Years 4—6) Nursery—Minibeasts Parent Teacher Pupil Progress Meetings Yr 1—Dance Through Stories Yr 5/6 Choir—PP4S Regional Rehearsal Piano Concert (Years 2 and 3) Parent Teacher Pupil Progress Meetings Rec—Yr 6—Musicians’ Visit Wildlife Area Dig Day Praying Parents PTA Meeting Yr 3 Assembly PTA Rugby Parking Parent Teacher Pupil Progress Meetings A reminder that these take place on: • • Tuesday 3rd March— March—4.00pm— 4.00pm—7.00pm Thursday 5th March— March—5.30pm— 5.30pm—8.30pm Year 6 children are expected to attend. Please remember to make alternative childcare arrangements for children in Reception— Reception—Year 5 and younger siblings. School staff are not available to supervise unattended children. Sign up sheets with appointment times have been available under the covered walkway between the Infant and Junior Playgrounds since Wednesday. The next Nursery Parent Teacher Consultation Meetings will take place in the Summer Term 2015. Attendance and Punctuality We will be holding an Attendance and Punctuality Week next week; Mon 2nd— 2nd— Fri 6th March. March Attendance figures for each class will be published in the next school newsletter. Parents are reminded that children who arrive in school after the registers close are recorded as absent for the session. The school day starts at 8.50am and children should be on site in good time for a prompt start to each day. Nursery 2015/16 Application Forms Application forms for entry to Nursery in September 2015 were sent out during half term to those parents who had registered their child’s name. The deadline for the receipt of completed applications is 20th March 2015. Application forms are still available from Mrs Hamerton in the School Office. Praying Parents Our regular prayer group will next meet for informal chat and prayer on Wednesday 11th March at 9am in The Group Room. Parents, Carers and PreSchool children are welcome. Please contact Susan Stewart (4M) for more information. Year 5 Sayers Croft Trip Report On the 9th February all of Year 5 travelled to Sayers Croft near Guildford. When we arrived, the first thing we did was meet our leaders. Tom was the leader of one group and Stephanie was the leader of the other group. After having a demonstration of how to make our beds we had a delicious lunch of beef burgers and chips with juice. Our first activity was compass reading with Abi, a new lady. It was very useful to do this activity because hardly any of us knew our way around the forest or how to use a compass. Using these skills we did two trails to find our way around the woods. Next we did orienteering using a map around the dormitories to find letters for a crossword. After dinner we gathered to do the night walk with another nice lady called Jen. We followed a reflective trail and played some sound games. After our hot chocolate and biscuit we all fell asleep at midnight! There were many activities on the second day. These are a few that we really enjoyed: rock climbing with Jen, Tree climbing with Tom, the stream walk and watching Mr Bowen in the disco dancing (It was hilarious). Then we fell asleep much quicker than the previous night. On the third day we woke up, got dressed, and had breakfast. Then we went outside to play some plant games and look at WW2 artefacts. Finally we had to go home. All of us found this sad because we had enjoyed the trip so much! By Annica Baldock and Annabel Ramsland (5B) After School Clubs Next Week Wildlife Area Pond Refurbishment Update Just a reminder that there will be no Real Runners, Gymnastics Club or Art Club on Tuesday 3rd March due to Parent Teacher Pupil Progress Meetings. Year 5 and 6 Drama Club will still take place on Thursday 5th March, venue to be confirmed. Tennis will take place as usual on Thursday 5th March. The much-loved pond in the Wildlife Area has recently started losing quite a lot of water, putting the fragile pond eco-system at risk. As many of you will know, a pond is a vital part of any wildlife area, providing a food and water source for the creatures that live there. Thanks to a kind donation from the PTA, works have now started to have the pond re-lined. On the last day of the half term, Ms van den Broek welcomed the Pondlife Company to the school and they immediately began emptying the pond. We are pleased to say that the pond was wriggling with frogs, toads and newts. All the plants and animals have been safely re-homed in a temporary pond next the pond and will returned to their home once it has been repaired. Children will be visiting the pond regularly during the next two weeks to keep up with the progress. We look forward to re-launching the pond and welcoming you to explore it during the first part of the Summer Term. Fair Trade Fortnight Today is the first day of Fair Trade Fortnight. In assemblies, through the value of Justice, been thinking about fairness and how the Fair Trade organisation enables many people to live a better life. Please consider buying Fair Trade products when you are next out shopping. Plastic Bottle Top Collection Members of our newly set up Eco-Group are in the process of looking at school recycling and as an initial idea wish to collect plastic bottle tops in any colours for an art project. Please send in washed plastic bottle tops with your child; there will be collection boxes in each class. Thank you! Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Our collection box for Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers is situated in the School Office Foyer. Please bring in any vouchers that you may collect whilst shopping which we can exchange for sports equipment for the school. Piano Concerts Monday 2nd and Thursday 5th March Parents of children in Years 4—6 who have lessons with Mrs Linsey are warmly invited to their piano concert on Monday 2nd March at 9.50am in The Large Hall. Parents of children in Years 2 and 3 who have piano lessons in school are warmly invited to their concert on Thursday 5th March at 2.45pm in The Small Hall. Children in Years 4—6 who have lessons with Mr Joss Linsey will perform in their concert next term. Swimming Sessions All year groups will be swimming in school from Monday 2nd March. Please ensure children have their swimming kit in school on the day of their session. Girls will need a one piece swimsuit and boys need appropriate trunks, not Bermuda shorts. All children with long hair should wear a swimming hat. Please also ensure that your child does not have hair gel or spray in their hair on the swimming days as this interferes with the pool filter. Archdeacon Cambridge’s School is a member of the RFU Education Partnership SPORTS SUPPLEMENT Sporting Summary from Mr Bowie Years 3 and 4 Basketball Tournament It has been an exciting term for Sport at Archdeacon and despite the awful weather we have had a busy fixture list. I have been particularly pleased with the team ethic that our children have displayed and their capacity to help and support one another no matter the result of a particular match. Avalon Patel and Oliver Duffau (4B) report: ‘We played five matches, won them all and in our final match we played Stanley and beat them 12-4. This meant we are now the Championships and we have a medal each and a big cup in display in school. We really enjoyed the tournament and feel proud to be the Champions!’ The Year 6 Football Girls played a great match against St John the Baptist in horrendous conditions. Twelve girls took part in two matches. In our ‘A’ Team game we were unlucky to draw after St John’s scored a late equalizer in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Kika Earl-Travis scored both of our goals and Katie Step was brave in goal, continuing with a swollen finger to keep us in the game. We won our ‘B’ Team match and overall I have been immensely proud of the spirit and willingness to listen and improve from all the girls in the football team—Well done all! Our Year 3/4 Basketball team, improving on their previous performance, won the West Richmond Championship. They won all their matches and I was very impressed with the team’s improvement; they held their nerve and showed great resilience to remain unbeaten in the whole tournament—Well done Team. Our Year 5/6 Basketball team should be equally proud of themselves after coming 3rd in a very tough competition. I know that the children enjoy these tournaments and would like to thank all the parents who came to support, it was greatly appreciated. Ms Du Bery stepped into the breach during my paternity leave to offer a training session for the Tag Rugby team. The squad performed well at the recent Tournament; getting through to the 3rd round of the Plate and providing us with some very enjoyable moments of rugby. Freddie Martin scored some great individual tries but it should be noted the whole team did exceptionally well under the circumstances. I thoroughly enjoyed accompanying the team. They should all be proud of their attitudes and effort. Well Done. Year 6 High Five Netball Tournament On Wednesday 25th February the Year 6 Netball Team went to the High Five Netball Tournament at the Old Deer Park in Richmond. Our team included Freddie, Mair, Katie F, Jessica, Tabitha, Lexie, Madelaine, and Annabel. We won our first match and then lost the next two. Each match lasted six minutes with no half-time. We got into the Plate and won two matches and drew one so it came down to point difference. In our final match Stanley beat us by one point so we were out of the tournament. It was a great day and lots of fun. Good luck to Year 5 next year! By Freddie Martin (6DF) Year 6 Girls Football Match Tabitha Jefferies (6DF) and Milly Edwards (6J) write: ‘In January the AC Girls Football Team played against St John the Baptist. We drew our league match and won our friendly match; they were two great games. We scored lots of goals and saved many goals even though we were drenched in freezing rain and coated in mud.’ Richmond Borough Swimming Heats Mair Hobbs and Mina Lozanoff (6DF) report: ‘On Tuesday 10th February seven children from Year 6 and two children from Year 4 went to Richmond Pools on the Park to represent Archdeacon Cambridge at the Borough Swimming Gala Heats. Holly (4M) and Oscar (4B) swam a freestyle race and Holly won her race. Mair and James (6DF) swam in a breaststroke race and Mina (6DF) and Jamie (6J) swam a backstroke race. The Year 6 Girls and Boys did separate medley relays and the Year 6 Girls also did a freestyle relay. We are now waiting for the results and hope to get through to the Finals. Year 6 Tag Rugby Tournament In the Tag Rugby Tournament we faced many strong teams including Sheen Mount. Considering we hadn’t had much practice, we did well. We won one game out of three in the group stages which meant we were in the running for the Plate. We won our first game but sadly Sheen Mount knocked us out in extra time in the next game. We had lots of fun and worked like a team and after an amazing day we would definitely be glad to play Tag Rugby again! By Jamie House and Josh Brentnall (6J) Years 5 and 6 Basketball Tournament Lila Skeet (5B) reports: ‘The Years 5 and 6 Basketball Tournament was much harder than we expected. Our team consisted of Tegvir, Evelyn, Cameron, Arthur, Finlay, Jake, Nathanial, Maddie, Anouk, Lexie Alfred and myself. By the end of the tournament all our hard work had paid off and we came 3rd out of nine schools. St John the Baptist came first and St Mary’s and St Peter’s came 2nd. The Basketball Tournament was great fun and I’m sure it will be next time too!’ NEWS FROM THE PTA Welcome back after half term. We hope you have all had a good break and are looking forward to a fun filled few weeks before Easter! First up we have the school disco this Friday 27th, hopefully everyone has received their tickets. We will then be planning in earnest for the Summer Fair and are still looking for volunteers to support this. If you are able to help out then please contact [email protected] or your class representative. Over this half term, the PTA will continue to work on and develop the great fundraising ideas put forward at our brainstorming evening held earlier this year. We’ll keep you updated on progress, new events and of course we are always keen to hear from potential volunteers! Finally, a reminder that the next PTA meeting will be held on 12th March, 8pm in the Staff Room, access from Vicarage Road. We’d love to see as many of you there as possible. PTA Parent’s Combined Social Thursday 19th March 2015 8.30pm— 8.30pm—11.30pm The Deakie Arms Come along to the The Deakie Arms (Large Hall at the School!) on Thursday 19th March for a combined class social. Here’s your chance to catch up with all friends across the year groups and perhaps make some new friends whilst sipping a cocktail or pulling your own pint from our self service ale barrels. Anthea James’ famous Archdeacon pies will also be available and live music too! See you there! Kind regards PTA Chair Team—Jo Neville, Luci O’Rourke & Claire Hamlin PTA Open Garden (Dig Day) - Saturday 7th March 10am We are very excited to have the first of our Open Gardens in the Wildlife Area on Saturday 7th March. Previously known as Dig Days, the new Outdoor Learning Team is launching the first of our Open Gardens. This Open Garden will run from 10am—2pm to give everybody the chance to come and participate as we know families have many children’s activities on Saturdays. To accommodate our busy lifestyles, we welcome picnic lunches and we will of course have tea, coffee and cake for parents with juice, biscuits and more cake for children! A wonderful addition to this Open Garden will be provided by Anna Weston, who is a Forest School Leader. She has agreed to run specific sessions for children attending our Open Garden Day which will help keep them entertained whilst parents get muddy. We have a few more Open Gardens planned for later in the year. The next one will be in April and will celebrate the fixing of our pond in the Wildlife Area. We are planning a big celebration and keep your ears open for any news from the children about our plans! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 7th March. The Wildlife Area is situated at the back of the school with access through the staff car park. Beyond the School New Information Centre at Castlenau Community Centre Castlenau Community Centre is now offering a new drop-in information service to help residents in Richmond get the information they need about a range of issues, including their income, benefits, debts and energy bills as well as their general health and well-being. The free, confidential service is run by volunteers who have had specialist training from Richmond CAB and Richmond Adult Community College. The service is open to all Richmond residents by dropping in on Tuesday mornings between 9.15am and 11.15am at Castlenau Community Centre, 7 Stillingfleet Road, London, SW13 9AQ. Fuel Grant Scheme Richmond Council is once again running a Fuel Grant scheme. The scheme is designed to help households who are on low incomes or benefits to keep warm this winter. Grants of up to £85 are now available from the Council Application forms can be picked up from the Civic Centre or any Council Library or by downloading a form from www.richmond.gov.uk/fuel_grants. HomeHome-start Parenting Training Course If you can spare few hours a week to help local families with children under five, Home-Start Richmond can train you to support those who are having a difficult time. This free of charge course starting in April takes place one day a week during school hours in East Sheen and can be accredited to NVQ level 1 or 2. For more information please contact Angie Ahmed on 020 847 8500 or [email protected]